Cord holder for vacuum cleaners, lamps, and the like



H. o. BRIGGs GORD HOLDER FOR VACUUM CLEANERS, LAMPS, AND THE LIKE' Ap l0, 1928.

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HOWARD 0. BRIGGS, F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNEST.

application mea april e, 1925. serial no. 21,8589.

My invention relates to cord holders for the handles of vacuum cleaners and the like. if

The flexible connectors with which vacuum cleaners are equipped are provided with a plug. Usually the handle has spaced holders thereon, about which the flexible cord connectors are wound vor coiled, the plug end )being intertwined about one or more of the coiled lengths of the cord, in order to prevent the cord from getting loose and falling oli' from the holders. -However, this and other expediente have, so far as 1 know, failed to securely hold the cord in position.

Now then, it is one of the important features of this invention to provide an automatic take up reel which may be supported on' the handle which, when released', will wind up the cord to an out of the way position.

This reel is also useful in connection with the flexible connectors of lamps, such as trouble lights and the like. The structure of the reel is substantially simple, strong, durable, eliicient and reliable, inexpensive to construct and install, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is desi ne Y 3o gWith the above and numerous other objects in view, as will appear as the description proceeds,J the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in lthe combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an end elevation of the automatic take up reel, showing the same mounton a handle of a vacuum cleaner or the Figure 2 is an elevation thereof, taken at right angles to that shown in Figure 1 and showing one end in section.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that 1 designates the handle ofa vacuum cleaner or the like, 2 hollow brackets attached to the handle 1 and 'extending in parallel spaced relation therefrom. 'A cylinw drical casing 3 is mounted between these hollow brackets 2.' A rod 4 extends longitudinally through the casing 3 and also through the hollow brackets 2 and has one end headed and countersunk in one bracket 2 as at 5 and the other end engaged with 55 a nut 6 in the other bracket. Cylindrical blocks 7 are mounted near the ends of the rod 4 within the casing 3. A. hollow reel or cylinder 8 is rotatable over these cylindrical blocks 7 and is normally held in a 60 predetermined position by a 4coil spring 9 disposed about the rod 4 and havmgone end fiXedto. this rod and the other end'xed to the reel. A pair of discs 10 are formed on the ends of the reel 8, one at each end e5 thereof. One of the discs is provided with .recesses 11 having at their edges an annular series of teeth 12, engageable with a pin .13, slidable through one ofthe brackets 2 and through the side' of the casing adjacent 70 thereto.' rllhis pin is spring pressed inwardly, as at 14. A ...Aegnductor disc or ring 15 is mounted Iin the casing 3, on each end thereof, These rings 15 are insulated from the casing, as at 16, and conductors 17 are at- 75 tached thereto and are .led through the hollow brackets 2. A pair of housings, one ati each end, are provided, on the reel 8, as at 18, and have slidable therein, spring pressed wipers 19, which are adapted to engage the so conductor rings 15. Conductors 2O are at tached to the wipers 19 and pass through a loop 21 provided onfthe intermediate portion of the reel; These conductors 20"afre normally wound about the reel, so that when they" are pulledA or unwonnd from the reel, the .spring 9 is tensioned, so that if the pin 13 is pulled outwardly, the reel will automatically take up these cords..

It is thought that the construction, operation and advantages of this invention will be clearly understood, withouta more detailed description thereof. It is desired,

however, to point out that numerous changes in the' details of construction, and in the 95 combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacricing any of itsadvantages. l.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A take up rreel of the class described,lin cluding a easing, a reel rotatable in the eas- 5 ing, rlngs mounted in the catsillg concentrically 1n respect to the axis of the reel, and one at each end thereof, a, pair of housings on the reel one at each end thereof,

spring pressed Wipers slidably mounted in the housings to engage the rings, wires en- 10 gaged with the Wipers, and. a loop on the central portion of the reel through which the Wires pass.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

IIOVVARDv O. BRIGGS. 

